Steelwork Maschine
Encyclopedia
Steelwork Maschine is an independent record label
based in Brest
, France
, specialising in producing, and distributing through their mail-order, extreme musics from the industrial and post-industrial
genres, such as Martial industrial, Dark Ambient
, Neo-classical
, Neo-folk
, Power Electronics, Noise
, and Experimental
.
) and Serge Usson (member of Neon Rain and Storm Of Capricorn), after the demise of Kris G's previous CD-R label Black Sun Rising. It is registered in France
as a voluntary association http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/association/index.php?ACTION=Rechercher&HI_PAGE=1&HI_COMPTEUR=0&original_method=get&WHAT=steelwork&JTH_ID=&JAN_BD_CP=&JRE_ID=&JAN_LIEU_DECL=&JTY_ID=&JTY_WALDEC=&JTY_SIREN=&JPA_D_D=&JPA_D_F=&rechercher.x=0&rechercher.y=0&rechercher=Rechercher.
Steelwork Maschine also started a mail-order store on internet in 2004.
's double LP "Tourmente I"), Steelwork Maschine quickly started to produce other artists' records, beginning with French projects PPF & ICK's collaborative LP
"Individualistes / Collectivistes" http://monkeyhouse-recordings.co.uk/JK2CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=529&Itemid=30 in 2005, then with Cheerleader 69's LP
"Godriders In The Sky" http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=2925 in 2006. The label then went away from the vinyl format with the releases of Deuterror's CD "Le Gueule de Guerre" http://monkeyhouse-recordings.co.uk/JK2CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=962&Itemid=30 in 2007, and Neon Rain's "We Are Meat" http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20081211145345473 in 2008.
s, stickers…). The first series started with the release of the collaborative record “Ligne Claire” http://www.side-line.com/reviews_comments.php?id=29793_0_17_0_C, and has now reached its 10th reference with Dunkelheit’s album “Temps Modernes” http://www.discogs.com/label/Steelkraft+Manufactory.
, including two concerts by English
post-industrial music
group Death in June
http://www.deathinjune.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/2005-05-07, which now remain the two last concerts ever played by the band http://www.deathinjune.net/performances.htm. They have not organized other events since 2006 http://www.steelwork-maschine.com/modules/smartsection/category.php?categoryid=8.
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
based in Brest
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, specialising in producing, and distributing through their mail-order, extreme musics from the industrial and post-industrial
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
genres, such as Martial industrial, Dark Ambient
Dark ambient
Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. Although it had its roots in the 1970s, Dark ambient emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of newer, smaller, and more affordable Effects units, synthesizer and sampling technology...
, Neo-classical
Neoclassical (Dark Wave)
Neoclassical Dark Wave refers to a music genre within the Dark Wave movement. It is characterized by the use of ethereal atmosphere and angelic female voices but also adds strong influences from classical music. Neoclassical Dark Wave is distinct from the academic art music form known as...
, Neo-folk
Neofolk
Neofolk is a form of folk music-inspired experimental music that emerged from post-industrial music circles. Neofolk can either be solely acoustic folk music or a blend of acoustic folk instrumentation aided by varieties of accompanying sounds such as pianos, strings and elements of industrial...
, Power Electronics, Noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
, and Experimental
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
.
History
Steelwork Maschine was founded in 2003 by Kris G. (a pseudonym for Christophe Gales, member of WestwindWestwind (band)
Westwind is a musical project from the French post-industrial scene, created by Kris G . It mixes influences from musics such as Martial industrial, Post-industrial, Dark ambient, Neofolk and Neoclassical music....
) and Serge Usson (member of Neon Rain and Storm Of Capricorn), after the demise of Kris G's previous CD-R label Black Sun Rising. It is registered in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
as a voluntary association http://www.journal-officiel.gouv.fr/association/index.php?ACTION=Rechercher&HI_PAGE=1&HI_COMPTEUR=0&original_method=get&WHAT=steelwork&JTH_ID=&JAN_BD_CP=&JRE_ID=&JAN_LIEU_DECL=&JTY_ID=&JTY_WALDEC=&JTY_SIREN=&JPA_D_D=&JPA_D_F=&rechercher.x=0&rechercher.y=0&rechercher=Rechercher.
Steelwork Maschine also started a mail-order store on internet in 2004.
Productions
Started as a way to produce their own releases (Neon Rain's CD "Dirtier Than The Dirt" and WestwindWestwind (band)
Westwind is a musical project from the French post-industrial scene, created by Kris G . It mixes influences from musics such as Martial industrial, Post-industrial, Dark ambient, Neofolk and Neoclassical music....
's double LP "Tourmente I"), Steelwork Maschine quickly started to produce other artists' records, beginning with French projects PPF & ICK's collaborative LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
"Individualistes / Collectivistes" http://monkeyhouse-recordings.co.uk/JK2CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=529&Itemid=30 in 2005, then with Cheerleader 69's LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
"Godriders In The Sky" http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/?id=2925 in 2006. The label then went away from the vinyl format with the releases of Deuterror's CD "Le Gueule de Guerre" http://monkeyhouse-recordings.co.uk/JK2CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=962&Itemid=30 in 2007, and Neon Rain's "We Are Meat" http://www.heathenharvest.com/article.php?story=20081211145345473 in 2008.
Sub-label
A sublabel called Steelkraft Manufactory was created in 2007, with the purpose of releasing CD-Rs in small editions of 100 copies, with hand-made covers (blank digipakDigipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
s, stickers…). The first series started with the release of the collaborative record “Ligne Claire” http://www.side-line.com/reviews_comments.php?id=29793_0_17_0_C, and has now reached its 10th reference with Dunkelheit’s album “Temps Modernes” http://www.discogs.com/label/Steelkraft+Manufactory.
Concerts organisation
Steelwork Maschine has been erratically organizing concerts in BrestBrest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
, including two concerts by English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
post-industrial music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
group Death in June
Death in June
Death in June are a neofolk group led by English folk musician Douglas Pearce, better known as Douglas P. The band was originally formed in Britain in 1981 as a trio, but after the other members left in 1984 and 1985 to work on other projects, the group became the work of Douglas P. and various...
http://www.deathinjune.org/modules/mediawiki/index.php/2005-05-07, which now remain the two last concerts ever played by the band http://www.deathinjune.net/performances.htm. They have not organized other events since 2006 http://www.steelwork-maschine.com/modules/smartsection/category.php?categoryid=8.
Artists
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Ligne claire Ligne claire is a style of drawing pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian creator of The Adventures of Tintin. It uses clear strong lines of uniform importance. Artists working in it do not use hatching, while contrast is downplayed as well... |
Westwind (band) Westwind is a musical project from the French post-industrial scene, created by Kris G . It mixes influences from musics such as Martial industrial, Post-industrial, Dark ambient, Neofolk and Neoclassical music.... |
External links
- Steelwork Maschine label website
- Steelwork Maschine online store
- Steelwork Maschine on DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Steelkraft Manufactory on DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Steelwork Maschine on MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....